Janis Joplin
Me And Bobby McGee
Harmonica
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Bust-ed flat in Ba-ton Rouge head-in' for the trains
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feel-in' near-ly fad-ed as my jeans
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Bob-by thumbed a die-sel down just be-fore it rained
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took us all the way to New Or-leans
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I took my har-poon out of my dir-ty, red ban-dan-a
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and was blow-in. sad while Bob-by sang the blues
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With them wind-shield wip-ers slap-pin' time,
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And Bob-by clap-pin. hands we fin-.ly
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sang up ev-.ry song that driv-er knew
chorus-
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Free-dom's just an-oth-er word for noth-in' left to lose
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Noth-in' ain.t worth noth-in' but it.s free
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Feelin' good was ea-sy, Lord, when Bob-by sang the blues
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And feel-in' good was good e-nough for me
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Good e-nough for me and Bob-by Mc-Gee
verse 2.
From the Kentucky coal mines
to the California sun
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Through all kinds of weather
and through everything that we done
I said Bobby baby, he kept me from the cold
One day up near Salinas, Lord,
I let him slip away
He was lookin' for that home,
and I hope he finds it
But I'd trade all my tomorrows
for one single yesterday
To be holding Bobby's body next to mine